The Southern Branch of the National Palace Museum spans approximately 70 hectares, including 20 hectares for the museum area and 50 hectares for the surrounding park. The museum building was designed by architect Kris Yao and was inspired by three traditional ink wash painting techniques—"dense ink", "flying white", and "ink diffusion"—which together shaped its flowing, interwoven structure of solid and void forms.
Most of the exhibitions at the Southern Branch are composed of borrowed pieces from the museum’s Northern Branch, including paintings and calligraphy, artifacts, and historical documents from its three major collections. These are curated into large-scale themed exhibitions of both quality and depth. In 2019, exhibitions such as "The Coordinates of Clay: Ceramics in the National Palace Museum", "Oversized Masterpiece Paintins in the Museum Collection-Panorama of Mount Lu by Chang Dai Chien", and the special display of the national treasure "Meat-shaped Stone" drew widespread attention and helped boost the Southern Branch’s popularity.
For current exhibition information, please visit the official website:
https://south.npm.gov.tw/ExhibitionAndActivity/Exhibitions
To encourage children to explore the diversity of Asian cultures, the museum has created a 340-ping (approx. 1,100 square meters) learning space on the first floor exclusively for children aged 5 to 12—the Children's Creative Center. This center includes an Asia Discovery Theater and four interactive themed zones focused on ceramics, textiles, tea culture, and Asian performing arts, as well as a special exhibition area. Through multimedia installations, hands-on DIY activities, and playful experiences, the center aims to spark children's curiosity and foster engaging connections with the exhibitions in the Southern Branch.
